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they that's referring to syria president assad and his forces . they are believed to be responsible for the slaughter of thousands of people. cnn cannot confirm this video or any of the others because syria limits journalists from entering the country. it's very hard to look at these tiny little bodies, two little brothers, and see anything other than indiscriminate slaughter. the total dead is about 14,000 and that includes men, women and little children like those two little brothers. the story is not over. just 24 hours ago we were telling you about terrible torture. a report out of syria from human rights watch releasing sketches that showed different torture methods used on syrian detainees by the government, by the syrian forces. torture including prolonged beatings, burning with acid and evening sexual assault. these are sketches, but we now have video allegedly showing one of these beatings. again, warning goes out to you now. this one even more graphic than the video we just showed you. have a look. what you are seeing right now, this is
they that's referring to syria president assad and his forces . they are believed to be responsible for the slaughter of thousands of people. cnn cannot confirm this video or any of the others because syria limits journalists from entering the country. it's very hard to look at these tiny little bodies, two little brothers, and see anything other than indiscriminate slaughter. the total dead is about 14,000 and that includes men, women and little children like those two little brothers. the...
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right now on "andrea mitchell reports," a report from inside the syrian city of homs, under siege where assad's forces do not show any signs of stopping. >> the afghan army is trying to stop them, they are firing off warning shots but we nearly got stuck in the protest and we have to run. nbc's reporter ducking gunfire in kabal. and back here at home, administration officials talk about a potential fix for those rising gas prices. >> there's a case of the use for the reserves in some cases. and we will look at that and evaluate that. >> the dow flirts with 13,000 again. is the up swing here to stay, as hollywood gets ready for its big night. >> i'm outraged by being banned from
right now on "andrea mitchell reports," a report from inside the syrian city of homs, under siege where assad's forces do not show any signs of stopping. >> the afghan army is trying to stop them, they are firing off warning shots but we nearly got stuck in the protest and we have to run. nbc's reporter ducking gunfire in kabal. and back here at home, administration officials talk about a potential fix for those rising gas prices. >> there's a case of the use for the...
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the military is currently awaiting orders from syrian president assad. we continue tonight with former speaker of the house newt gingrich. you and i were into the fiscal cliff and the disails. we believe the country is at risk and our kids and grandkids. we sent ainsle ainsley earhardto the streets to ask people what they know about the fiscal cliff. it was a little chilling. take a look. >> what is the fiscal cliff? >> we're from new mexico out here to clean up. >> no idea. >> the cliff? how tall is it? >> i have no idea. >> where is it? >> can i google it? >> bad news. it's bad news. fiscal cliff. >>> end of the world, apparently, right. >> if you wanted to take one of these cliff bars, if you wanted to take one that tasted like the fiscal cliff. >> which one would you choose and why? the one that tastes like crap. >> we're all going to fall off the face of the earth. >> they need to fix it. that's what they're paid for. >> what happens if they don't? >> we're going to lose some money. >> it reminds me of something i learned in school, i'm going to gue
the military is currently awaiting orders from syrian president assad. we continue tonight with former speaker of the house newt gingrich. you and i were into the fiscal cliff and the disails. we believe the country is at risk and our kids and grandkids. we sent ainsle ainsley earhardto the streets to ask people what they know about the fiscal cliff. it was a little chilling. take a look. >> what is the fiscal cliff? >> we're from new mexico out here to clean up. >> no idea....
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>> i think it adds to the growing consensus that the days of assad and the assad regime are nearing an end. he is trying his best to maintain control but he is losing control on a day by day basis. >> so the defection, does that help to under score a weakening of assad's regime or hold of the country? >> it is reminiscent of the libyans who started to defect near the end of the gadhafi regime. it looks a lot like the last days of libya when so many senior libyan officials were starting to defect, as well. >> very complex situation taking place. >>> alabama governor robert bentley is setting the record straight at the national governor's convention. he mapd comments yesterday about mitt romney's financial records and said i think he ought to release everything. i believe in total transparency. if you have things to hide then you may be doing things wrong. now bentley says he comments were taken out of context. in a statement published he says this. i believe in transparency and that was the basis for my answer. there was no effort to imply that mr. romney has anything to hide. >>> the c
>> i think it adds to the growing consensus that the days of assad and the assad regime are nearing an end. he is trying his best to maintain control but he is losing control on a day by day basis. >> so the defection, does that help to under score a weakening of assad's regime or hold of the country? >> it is reminiscent of the libyans who started to defect near the end of the gadhafi regime. it looks a lot like the last days of libya when so many senior libyan officials were...
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what you are seeing right now, this is believed to be assad's syrian government forces violently beating this man who has already, as you can see from the marks on his body, gone through a blistering beating. his body is thoroughly bruised. he is being hit with electrical cords. they are stumping on his back and on his body. it's the kind of video that you would assume syria would not want leaked because it syrians look terrible. it makes the government forces look like animals. here is what is bizarre. apparently they do want the videos out because it's a scare and intimidation process for people who oppose them. they are saying things in this video like is this the freedom that you want and they force the prisoner to say that assad is their god. we don't when that video was taken or where because syria is off limits to us. very, very difficult to get in to report on what's going on there. we think at cnn it's crucial that you see it and know how bad it's gotten in that country. you know, i have done something worthwhile. when i earned my doctorate through university of phoenix, that pr
what you are seeing right now, this is believed to be assad's syrian government forces violently beating this man who has already, as you can see from the marks on his body, gone through a blistering beating. his body is thoroughly bruised. he is being hit with electrical cords. they are stumping on his back and on his body. it's the kind of video that you would assume syria would not want leaked because it syrians look terrible. it makes the government forces look like animals. here is what is...
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assad has vowed to fight to the death. >> pelley: margaret, thank you. when the syrian people first rose up it looked like a mismatch. they had rifles against one of the largest armies in the region. syrian towns have been turned into rubble, and the rebels are in the suburbs of the capital damascus now. it is rare for reporters to reach the war zone, but elizabeth palmer managed to get to the dictatorship's main military hospital to look at the damage being inflicted on assad's army. >> reporter: the tishereen it hospital morgue in northern damascus now receives between 20 and 50 bodies every day. most of them are soldiers. though some civilians do end up here, too. the man in the coffin is adnan said a civil servant who was 30 years old. outside, his mother and brother have just learned that he was killed by a sniper on his way to work. in the hospital's intensive care unit the men can't speak, but their injuries do. inflicted by rocket-propelled gre neighbors bombes, and automatic riflees, they show the anti-regime fighters have, for the most part sim
assad has vowed to fight to the death. >> pelley: margaret, thank you. when the syrian people first rose up it looked like a mismatch. they had rifles against one of the largest armies in the region. syrian towns have been turned into rubble, and the rebels are in the suburbs of the capital damascus now. it is rare for reporters to reach the war zone, but elizabeth palmer managed to get to the dictatorship's main military hospital to look at the damage being inflicted on assad's army....
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it was a bomb planted inside the daily meeting of president bashar al-assad's security chiefs. three are known dead including defense ministerdaoud raja, the president's brother-in-law and the feared former head of the military intelligence and hassan turk manny, a former defense minister. others were wounded, most importantly the head of the dictatorship's secret police. syria does not often allow journalists into the country but we have reports tonight from two correspondents who have worked there extensively. elizabeth palmer reporting in london. >> reporter: after a year and a half of slowly escalating conflict, today's bombing is the first time the syrian regime has suffered a truly crushing blow. a funeral for an opposition activists turned to celebration when more is learned the defense minister is dead. across the country in this savage civil war activists celebrated today's bombing because it struck at a hated elite inside the syrian regime. the dead men were like everyone else in the room. >> masterminding the plan to crush syria's uprising. they were meeting in the n
it was a bomb planted inside the daily meeting of president bashar al-assad's security chiefs. three are known dead including defense ministerdaoud raja, the president's brother-in-law and the feared former head of the military intelligence and hassan turk manny, a former defense minister. others were wounded, most importantly the head of the dictatorship's secret police. syria does not often allow journalists into the country but we have reports tonight from two correspondents who have worked...
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there is believe that assad is using weapons they got from iran. is that true? and how long will you continue to support assad, given the appalling conditions, catastrophe we are all watching. at what point do you, the president of iran, say enough of this violence? >> i do believe that we must all say enough of this violence right now. six months ago i said enough of this violence. our opinion vis-a-vis the issue of syria and other nations is completely clear. we do believe that freedom, the right to choose, the right to vote, respect and justice is the fundamental right of all people. all people must obtain these rights. no one has the right to restrict a opinion and nation. but we believe as a friend of nations we must help the nations around the world to obtain these rights through peaceful paths. through peaceful actions. and we have worked hard. i am now hard at work to organize a contact group in order to bring the two sides to a point of national agreement. >> but, mr. president, do you condemn the level of violence that president assad has brought again
there is believe that assad is using weapons they got from iran. is that true? and how long will you continue to support assad, given the appalling conditions, catastrophe we are all watching. at what point do you, the president of iran, say enough of this violence? >> i do believe that we must all say enough of this violence right now. six months ago i said enough of this violence. our opinion vis-a-vis the issue of syria and other nations is completely clear. we do believe that freedom,...
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will the fault of al assad be decided in the streets of aleppo? i'm going to talk to him about the involvement of foreign fighters in the fight now. uh-oh. [ male announcer ] when diarrhea hits, kaopectate stops it fast. powerful liquid relief speeds to the source. fast. [ male announcer ] stop the uh-oh fast with kaopectate. >>> an african-american couple forced to move their wedding from a church. after a couple congregants complained. the complainers say they aren't racist. the story when we continue. >>> welcome back. tonight syria's biggest city aleppo is a battleground. the dead include 25 people in aleppo. this video purportedly shows some of the fighting in aleppo cnn can't vouch for the authenticity of it. with what we're hearing from witnesses on the ground, it appears to be occurring. street battles raging. attack helicopters. tanks firing in the city. all of this in syria's commercial hub. 200,000 people in and around aleppo have fled the shelling. conflicting reports about who controls the city's key neighborhoods. we do know that the
will the fault of al assad be decided in the streets of aleppo? i'm going to talk to him about the involvement of foreign fighters in the fight now. uh-oh. [ male announcer ] when diarrhea hits, kaopectate stops it fast. powerful liquid relief speeds to the source. fast. [ male announcer ] stop the uh-oh fast with kaopectate. >>> an african-american couple forced to move their wedding from a church. after a couple congregants complained. the complainers say they aren't racist. the...
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it is switched as you noted earlier in support to go assad to opposing assad and harbors the rebel z. turkey could invoke self-defense under nato and confront the rest of na with a request to get involved with the conflicts. it could potentially escalate with a war that would involve the u.s.. >> shep: steve, i'm independent to find out what turkey has been saying in the early hours. what is their verbal responsible has been? >> initially it's just an hour here since the egg explosion you could hear from where i'm standing. it's clearly bliaj kurdish separatists. >> i'm guessing that would be a best case scenario for the prospects of spreading war? >> a terrorist attack, that would be par for the course. turkey has had a long, very long spat with kurdish separatists, yes. >> shep: there be updates. the bombing happened just about an hour ago. as we get development z. first, leaders are slamming comments from a sitting congressman that is running for the u.s. senate. he made the remarks yesterday. listen. >> it seems to be first of all from what i understand from doctors, that is reall
it is switched as you noted earlier in support to go assad to opposing assad and harbors the rebel z. turkey could invoke self-defense under nato and confront the rest of na with a request to get involved with the conflicts. it could potentially escalate with a war that would involve the u.s.. >> shep: steve, i'm independent to find out what turkey has been saying in the early hours. what is their verbal responsible has been? >> initially it's just an hour here since the egg...
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regime the resistance it cannot deal with, with if it had one person assad would try to chop it off. they will not give him the pleasure so when his back is against the wall, it is very difficult for him to negotiate his way out of it. that is a complication of the crisis. it is in keeping, you are right, we have well over 100 different commanders in different parts of the country and remain ad groups, i doubt they will all agree but in the end the reason why the ceasefires in the past have not worked and why this will not work assad regime has no intention of implementing it and the opposition knows that. >>shepard: we have schedule more time but there is breaking news. the breaking news there is a man in federal court in the city of new york who has been found to have tried to blow up the federal reserve bank in lower manhattan today. it is not as if he was talking about it. it is not as if he was thinking about it. he tried to do it. he pushed a button to create a massive terror attack on america this morning and they caught him. he right now is in court. we have astounding detail
regime the resistance it cannot deal with, with if it had one person assad would try to chop it off. they will not give him the pleasure so when his back is against the wall, it is very difficult for him to negotiate his way out of it. that is a complication of the crisis. it is in keeping, you are right, we have well over 100 different commanders in different parts of the country and remain ad groups, i doubt they will all agree but in the end the reason why the ceasefires in the past have not...
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assad is trying to crush that rebellion which began nearly a year and a half ago. elizabeth palmer reports tonight from across the border in lebanon. >> reporter: syrian military helicopters flew over aleppo today but not shooting, activists said, just spotting the positions of rebel fighters on the ground. a free syrian army commander made a bold claim. "we have captured half the city," he said. but how long can they hold on in these neighborhoods? they're equipped for street-by- street fighting guerrilla style, though no match for air power or the regime's heavy artillery which is already on the way. the fight for aleppo will be fierce. it's a strategic prize. if the rebels take it on top of azaz which they won earlier this week the area would form the first free syrian army controlled zone all the way to the turkish border. the united nations and the international community are still calling for dialogue in syria. but dialogue has been drowned out by the din of war. civilian casualties like these victims of shelling are just hoping to survive and the armed men o
assad is trying to crush that rebellion which began nearly a year and a half ago. elizabeth palmer reports tonight from across the border in lebanon. >> reporter: syrian military helicopters flew over aleppo today but not shooting, activists said, just spotting the positions of rebel fighters on the ground. a free syrian army commander made a bold claim. "we have captured half the city," he said. but how long can they hold on in these neighborhoods? they're equipped for...
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many of assad's top aids are killed or wounded. we have reports from our correspondents with long experience in syria. elizabeth palmer and clarissa ward. nelson mandela is almost never seen in public now but our mark phillips was invited to his party as mandela turned 94 today. 11 years after 9/11 some u.s. flight schools still don't check the backgrounds of foreign students. bob orr has our story. and taking on a mountain without his legs.
many of assad's top aids are killed or wounded. we have reports from our correspondents with long experience in syria. elizabeth palmer and clarissa ward. nelson mandela is almost never seen in public now but our mark phillips was invited to his party as mandela turned 94 today. 11 years after 9/11 some u.s. flight schools still don't check the backgrounds of foreign students. bob orr has our story. and taking on a mountain without his legs.
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abundantly clear to those who support the assad regime. the days are numbered. >> meanwhile the syrian military says it is conducting live exercises and launching missiles to stay prepared for an attack from the sea. >>> a tragedy in russia that no one saw coming. in the middle of the night rain swollen rivers overflowed sending flood waters racing through the towns. at least 150 people were killed. hundreds of others have been injured and more than 12,000 people are now homeless. officials say the flood waters rushed through the towns with such force roads were ripped up and cars were pushed into the sea. and flooding is a big concern in colorado after wildfires left entire mountain sides scorched leaving no trees or ground cover to help hold back heavy rain. >> reporter: with severe weather rolls in and the threat of flooding is high -- >> can you get with urban draining -- >> reporter: the emergency operation center gets to work. >> our role in emergency management is to identify storms rolling in and get information to first responders
abundantly clear to those who support the assad regime. the days are numbered. >> meanwhile the syrian military says it is conducting live exercises and launching missiles to stay prepared for an attack from the sea. >>> a tragedy in russia that no one saw coming. in the middle of the night rain swollen rivers overflowed sending flood waters racing through the towns. at least 150 people were killed. hundreds of others have been injured and more than 12,000 people are now...
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. >> opposition forces in syria says the president assad there is increasing attacks there. an american war correspondent was one of two journalists killed, the united states will take part in a conference to talk about a strategy to ending the violence there. >>> and 50 people are now dead, including three children following a deadly train accident in argentina. police say a train overshot the platform and crashed right into a metal barrier. more than 1200 people were on board, nearly 500 remain hospitalized. investigators say the conductor was having problems with the brakes. >> google is reportedly about to unveil new high tech eyeglasses. what makes them special is they will project images on the back side of the lenses and also hooked up to gps monitoring so they can tell you where you are in relation to whatever bigs or person you might be searching for while still seeing what is right in front of you. >> wow. welcome to the future. all right. still ahead on -- marty is going no. still ahead on wjz eyewitness news at noon, a gorgeous day outside. find out in the april
. >> opposition forces in syria says the president assad there is increasing attacks there. an american war correspondent was one of two journalists killed, the united states will take part in a conference to talk about a strategy to ending the violence there. >>> and 50 people are now dead, including three children following a deadly train accident in argentina. police say a train overshot the platform and crashed right into a metal barrier. more than 1200 people were on board,...
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many of assad's top aids are killed or wounded. we have reports from our correspondents with long experience in syria. elizabeth palmer and clarissa ward. nelson mandela is almost never seen in public now but our mark phillips was invited to his party as mandela turned 94 today. 11 years after 9/11 some u.s. flight schools still don't check the backgrounds of foreign students. bob orr has our story. and taking on a mountain without his legs. spencer west's incredible journey to the top and the message he brought back. >> here's the path. you can overcome it ux too. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, an audacious assassination has blown apart the inner circle of family and enforces that has kept the syrian dictatorship in power during a 17-month rebellion. this evening there are street battles in the capital and the u.s. defense secretary says syria is spinning out of control. it was a bomb planted inside the daily meeting of president bashar al-assad's security chi
many of assad's top aids are killed or wounded. we have reports from our correspondents with long experience in syria. elizabeth palmer and clarissa ward. nelson mandela is almost never seen in public now but our mark phillips was invited to his party as mandela turned 94 today. 11 years after 9/11 some u.s. flight schools still don't check the backgrounds of foreign students. bob orr has our story. and taking on a mountain without his legs. spencer west's incredible journey to the top and the...
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we've just gotten word, president assad speaking to his new cabinet saying we're in ste l waea what is hreferencing? >> reporter: clearly the conflict inside of his country with large chunks of his own territory that's fallen out of government control and into the hands of the rebels. swearing in a new government but keeping a lot of same faces in the positions of minister of interior and defense and the foreign minister. >> we are in state of war in every aspect and all our politics has been be concentrated on winning this war. >> reporter: he also spent a lot of time talking about the economy and the need to keep subsidies in the country. almost ignoring the fact the entire cities have been burning for months and he has a crisis with his neighbor to the northwest. this after defenses shot down a turkish military plane on friday with the turkish prime minister responding saying if they approach the turkish borders that turkey can see this as a threat and will respond in kind. the turks not illustrating what that response could be. the turks have taken this issue to the nato military a
we've just gotten word, president assad speaking to his new cabinet saying we're in ste l waea what is hreferencing? >> reporter: clearly the conflict inside of his country with large chunks of his own territory that's fallen out of government control and into the hands of the rebels. swearing in a new government but keeping a lot of same faces in the positions of minister of interior and defense and the foreign minister. >> we are in state of war in every aspect and all our...
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>>shepard: if there is no more assad you have all the people running around wanting control. >>guest: that is what you work on now. we are not neutral to this process. you want to get in there and shape the agenda and start building relationships with people on both the political and security side so you are not left with just the vacuum of power and militias running around and people with agendas different from our own, and have them left in charge of the country. >>shepard: thank you michael. three american soldiers and their translator are dead after a suicide attack today in afghanistan. officials say the explosion killed ten afghan civilians and hurt dozens of others including several children. the bomber drove a motorcycle into a convoy of nato and afghan forces. it happened in an area where the taliban claims responsibility. nato cut back on joint patrols because of the number of insider attacks where supposed afghan security forces have turned on their u.s. and nato partners, calling them green on blue attacks. it was a suspected insider attack or green on blue attack
>>shepard: if there is no more assad you have all the people running around wanting control. >>guest: that is what you work on now. we are not neutral to this process. you want to get in there and shape the agenda and start building relationships with people on both the political and security side so you are not left with just the vacuum of power and militias running around and people with agendas different from our own, and have them left in charge of the country. >>shepard:...
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as president bashar al-assad syrian troops launched another attack on the rebels in the northern part of his country. there is a heavy turkish military presence this. clearly, the artillery has been given the grown light to fired. it is a dangerous dynamic and we could have a regional war. turkey is part of nato, so turkey could invoke the collective defense clause of that treaty and it would draw on the united states and other western allies to recollect and defend turkey if it gets into a war with syria. the other dynamic, the syrian rebels need help. it could be a point that syrian rebels launch shells at turkey to try and start a war that obviously they would get a lost help from going up against the common enemy, president bashar al-assad. >>trace: and the syrian rebel, how are they doing? >>guest: they have not been doing great but this week they did get some good news in an unusual victory. they took over a syrian air defense space which means they got the missiles inside that base, and if they can figure out how to use the missiles against president bashar al-assad's air force
as president bashar al-assad syrian troops launched another attack on the rebels in the northern part of his country. there is a heavy turkish military presence this. clearly, the artillery has been given the grown light to fired. it is a dangerous dynamic and we could have a regional war. turkey is part of nato, so turkey could invoke the collective defense clause of that treaty and it would draw on the united states and other western allies to recollect and defend turkey if it gets into a war...
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enters the war in syria appears to be up to the dictator bashar al-assad. on monday, david martin reported orte the assad regime had given orders to prepare chemical weapons for possible use to put down the revolt that has been raging in that country for more than a year and a half. oesident obama said the use of these weapons of mass bestruction would be totally unacceptable. well, tonight, david has new intelligence to report, and we have three stories on the breaking news in syria. we'll start with martin at the pentagon. >> reporter: u.s. intelligence so far has not detected any emgns syria is loading chemical weapons on to aircraft, but defense secretary panetta said it appears the embattled assad regime is preparing to do just that. >> there is no question that we remain very concerned, very thecerned that as the opposition advances, in particular on hemascus, that the regime might very well consider the use of chemical weapons. ing eporter: monitoring of syrian basis like this one has picked up evidence engineers have loaded the chemicals which combi
enters the war in syria appears to be up to the dictator bashar al-assad. on monday, david martin reported orte the assad regime had given orders to prepare chemical weapons for possible use to put down the revolt that has been raging in that country for more than a year and a half. oesident obama said the use of these weapons of mass bestruction would be totally unacceptable. well, tonight, david has new intelligence to report, and we have three stories on the breaking news in syria. we'll...
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this is a school that has been taken over by the assad thugs explained this rebel. before launching a homemade rocket from nearby building. other videos from around the country show free syrian army fighters using the same crude weapon. however, turning citizens to seasonals with little or no training doesn't always work. they have many armor in the rebels stronghold. but the force appears to be waning as the rebels gape control. the latest blow to the regime came by way of the internet video. i have deflected claimed the former head of the syrian police. the army transformed to gangs and killing. committing massacre against the unarmed people two went out and demand liberty. the latest video showing eight children and a dozen more adults amountedly killed by the regime showing russia unyielding support of assad appears to be cracking ever so slightly to bring renewed talks of some deal to move assad out. the downward psychoto war is grave concern to israeli leaders who fear most the regime chemical weapons falling in the hands of hezbollah or jihadist. today, relia
this is a school that has been taken over by the assad thugs explained this rebel. before launching a homemade rocket from nearby building. other videos from around the country show free syrian army fighters using the same crude weapon. however, turning citizens to seasonals with little or no training doesn't always work. they have many armor in the rebels stronghold. but the force appears to be waning as the rebels gape control. the latest blow to the regime came by way of the internet video....
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then ensure they have the amendments they need to defeat assad with taverns and helicopters and fighter jets. >>reporter: the syrian government deny add report that shows remnants of cluster bombs that were dropped over several syrian cities on the road north from the capital to aleppo. the weapons explode in the air over the city killing civilians and militants alike and are banned by most nations. syria never signed the human rights conventions. >>shepard: thank you, we we have mike barrett, former intelligence officer. candidate romney points out we want to work out with our pans, and figure out who is whom among the syrian rebels. that is proving to be difficult? >>guest: it is. i was a naval intelligence officer. what you realize is how little we know about who the people are today. as a comment earlier during the reporting was, whoever could be on our side today could be against us tomorrow. we should have learned this lesson when we armed those in vietnam and with the taliban during the russian invasion and occupation of afghanistan. we have a terrible history of this. it is real
then ensure they have the amendments they need to defeat assad with taverns and helicopters and fighter jets. >>reporter: the syrian government deny add report that shows remnants of cluster bombs that were dropped over several syrian cities on the road north from the capital to aleppo. the weapons explode in the air over the city killing civilians and militants alike and are banned by most nations. syria never signed the human rights conventions. >>shepard: thank you, we we have...
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the assad government lashed out at countries for conspiring to overthrow president assad. our chief foreign correspondent richard engel continues his reporting tonight from inside syria. >> reporter: good evening, brian. today the syrian government declared victory in its battle against the opposition in the sear yaus capital of damascus. in the last several days syrian forces have been able to reimpose control over most of damascus. the government's strategy seems quite clear now. it's to move on from damascus and attack the city of aleppo, syria's second city, the commercial capital, and, again, today, aleppo came under fierce attack mostly from helicopters and artillery. the syrian government is also offering something of a new explanation for the entire crisis. the foreign minister while visiting iran today said all of the rebels and this entire uprising is part of an israeli plot. from where i am in northern syria in areas that are controlled by the rebels, people here support the opposition, they support the rebels. people in this area just want to bring down the bas
the assad government lashed out at countries for conspiring to overthrow president assad. our chief foreign correspondent richard engel continues his reporting tonight from inside syria. >> reporter: good evening, brian. today the syrian government declared victory in its battle against the opposition in the sear yaus capital of damascus. in the last several days syrian forces have been able to reimpose control over most of damascus. the government's strategy seems quite clear now. it's...
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she is saying assad will not be a part of the new government. russia is saying we are not putting conditions in this. they are basically propping up the regime. in the meantime it has been difficult to see the violence. we continue to get videos on a daily basis. it is utterly heartbreaking how really impotent the whole world diplomatic situation is absolutely impotent with it. >> until you get russia on board and you know there have been tense talks and tense relationships between secretary clinton and russia just to get them on the same page to get the countries on the same page i think an indication of how tense this is as you said with what we saw happening in turkey scrambling the f 16s in the air. >> it is a tending box. we saw a little while ago the syrians take down the turkish debt. in the meantime the turkish government has really been on hair trigger with this. today they scrambled jets to the border. turkey is part of nato. we are not there where we are talking about military intervention. as you see the diplomatic process ground to
she is saying assad will not be a part of the new government. russia is saying we are not putting conditions in this. they are basically propping up the regime. in the meantime it has been difficult to see the violence. we continue to get videos on a daily basis. it is utterly heartbreaking how really impotent the whole world diplomatic situation is absolutely impotent with it. >> until you get russia on board and you know there have been tense talks and tense relationships between...
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this amateur video reportedly shows hundreds of syrian soldiers joining the rebel's fight to take down assad's government. western powers, including the u.s., have not ruled out arming rebels to help end the conflict. tina kraus, wjz eyewitness news. >> president obama has said he hopes diplomacy not military force will solve the crisis but they said military tactics may have to be explored. >> 5 people were shot and killed inside a spa in georgia overnight. police believe one of the dead shot the other four then killed himself in norcross, just northeast of atlanta. so far there is no motive. the detectives are promising to realize more information later today. >> more fall out from a deadly mine explosion in west virginia. now the mine superintendent is facing charges. federal investigators say the man was part of a conspiracy to conceal safety hazards at the upper big branch mine. back in 2010 a huge explosion killed 29 men. the mine's former security chief was later convicted of lying to investigators and trying to destroy documents. prosecutors are asking a judge to sentence him to the ma
this amateur video reportedly shows hundreds of syrian soldiers joining the rebel's fight to take down assad's government. western powers, including the u.s., have not ruled out arming rebels to help end the conflict. tina kraus, wjz eyewitness news. >> president obama has said he hopes diplomacy not military force will solve the crisis but they said military tactics may have to be explored. >> 5 people were shot and killed inside a spa in georgia overnight. police believe one of...
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>> there is a whole category of rebels, the prchz to a ba shall al-assad's regime and there are some more democrat cli inclined shall we say to presumably would want to have a better relationship with the united states with the west and other friendly countries in the middle east, whether saudi arabia or qatar or some of the other countries actively involved in what's going on in syria a. the great concern the obama administration has had and the reason why the u.s. has not sought to arm the rebels is because some of those rebels may be totally opposed to the united states, maybe closer to al qaeda, for example, than to the united states, so once you start arming rebels in a major way, you're not sure where those weapons are going to wind up, and that's been the big concern of the obama administration right now. how do you make sure that the weapons you provide rebels are really going to the good guys as it were as opposed to the potential bad guys and that's not an easy question to answer. >> never. in fact, we have countless examples where this has gone awry. hold the thought for a
>> there is a whole category of rebels, the prchz to a ba shall al-assad's regime and there are some more democrat cli inclined shall we say to presumably would want to have a better relationship with the united states with the west and other friendly countries in the middle east, whether saudi arabia or qatar or some of the other countries actively involved in what's going on in syria a. the great concern the obama administration has had and the reason why the u.s. has not sought to arm...
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and that is number one, who will be the post assad regime that we'll have to deal with. and number two, what about those chemical weapons? the size and scale of those weapons as you noted, is very significant and dramatic. and you can be rest assured for a number of weeks now, the central intelligence agency and the masad out of israel, where are those sites and what does it take to secure them. >> general, as you know, that's been dialog between the allies and united states, as well as israel to determine what to do here. the u.s. still has no plans, however, to put boots on the ground in syria or even to enforce a no-fly zone. what can the united states actually expect to do, given syria's chemical weapons and the fact that they could fall into the wrong hands like al-qaeda and hezbollah? >> that's certainly our concern is, that we would lose control of those weapons and these radicals, in hezbollah or in al-qaeda or other groups, regaining control of them and mayhem that they can cause with those is rather traumatic. look, the cia is not going to announce what the pla
and that is number one, who will be the post assad regime that we'll have to deal with. and number two, what about those chemical weapons? the size and scale of those weapons as you noted, is very significant and dramatic. and you can be rest assured for a number of weeks now, the central intelligence agency and the masad out of israel, where are those sites and what does it take to secure them. >> general, as you know, that's been dialog between the allies and united states, as well as...
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president bashar al assad made his second appearance on state television since a bombing killed members of his inner circle. opposition activists report fierce fighting between regime and rebel forces. all of that taking place in and around damascus. meanwhile, in a video posted online today, the head of a rebel group in one of those communities announced an operation to liberate the city from assad's rule. >>> outside the washington, d.c. area, marine one, the president soon to be emerging, then boarding air force one. he will be colorado bound, heading to aurora, colorado. there is a vigil to take place this evening for the community of aurora. couple days after that massacre at a movie theater. but the president's objective is to send a message of comfort. he'll be meeting with the victims privately and also meeting with city officials privately. he will not be in atndan attend the vigil but he wanted to make his message of comfort known and try to console those who are dealing with the tragedy that unfolded early friday morning at that movie theater with suspect james holmes alleged
president bashar al assad made his second appearance on state television since a bombing killed members of his inner circle. opposition activists report fierce fighting between regime and rebel forces. all of that taking place in and around damascus. meanwhile, in a video posted online today, the head of a rebel group in one of those communities announced an operation to liberate the city from assad's rule. >>> outside the washington, d.c. area, marine one, the president soon to be...
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for two months, the assad dictatorship has been trying to crush rebels there. we were struck by these pictures today, assad's military wiped out a home with a family inside. the entire neighborhood tried to claw through the ruins but workers could rescue only two of 11 family members. prosecutors in los angeles say they finally have the real name of that mysterious man behind the anti-islamic movie that has ignited riots all across the middle east. iae man now known as mark youseff is in a california jail, held without bond. at least 50 people have been killed in protests linked to the otlm, so we asked john blackstone to tell us more about the man and his motives. >> reporter: on the set of his fontroversial movie, the mysterious filmmaker called himself sam bacile. saosecutors knew him as nakoula nakoula, convicted of check fraud in 2010. in court yesterday he identified himself as mark basselly youseff this man of many names is now under arrest for violating his probation for check fraud which included not using aliases or the internet. he's described by tho
for two months, the assad dictatorship has been trying to crush rebels there. we were struck by these pictures today, assad's military wiped out a home with a family inside. the entire neighborhood tried to claw through the ruins but workers could rescue only two of 11 family members. prosecutors in los angeles say they finally have the real name of that mysterious man behind the anti-islamic movie that has ignited riots all across the middle east. iae man now known as mark youseff is in a...
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instead of stepping back, assad stepping up the violence against his own people. our mega panel is here. karen, susan, and jimmy. if you go to the hornet's nest, you don't want to go in there. you can get confused 50 ways. you can find yourself with a lot of unresolvable issues. the united states has little leverage with a lot of these things beyond the absolute leverage of our military se primacy that will blow everybody to smith reens. your thoughts as to how we should be thinking about this. >> we have to think about it in the full context. as we were talking earlier, syria is not just about syria. syria is related to china and russia. china, we also need in dealing with iran. iran is connected to israel. it's like connected. that's the problem when you hear the saber rattling. let's take syria. some are saying we should be arming the rebels. okay. who are they? syria is not the same as libya. syria has a well-armed army of its own very organized. >> thanks to the russians. it depends on which country we want to arm. >> the point being, you have to view in a gl
instead of stepping back, assad stepping up the violence against his own people. our mega panel is here. karen, susan, and jimmy. if you go to the hornet's nest, you don't want to go in there. you can get confused 50 ways. you can find yourself with a lot of unresolvable issues. the united states has little leverage with a lot of these things beyond the absolute leverage of our military se primacy that will blow everybody to smith reens. your thoughts as to how we should be thinking about this....
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said that president assad's time is running out. listen. >> i think if they continue this kind of tragic attack on their own people in aleppo, i think it ultimately will be a nail in assad's coffin. >>jonathan: most experts would agree with the defense secretary that president assad is indeed building his own coffin but as the fellow from brookings pointed out, it could be some time yet before the final nail is hammered in. >>shepard: plenty of people available for killing in the meantime. the map accused of mass murder in aurora, colorado, faces formal charges today in a courtroom there: 142 counts in all including 24 counts of murder in the first degree. james holmes faces life in prison. the prosecution says that they are deciding what to pursue the death penalty. experts say we will most likely see an insanity defense. the lawyers here to discuss this case. i don't know what there is to say but how he will defend himself. you would think it would have to be something in the mental state area. >>arthur: what they charged him with
said that president assad's time is running out. listen. >> i think if they continue this kind of tragic attack on their own people in aleppo, i think it ultimately will be a nail in assad's coffin. >>jonathan: most experts would agree with the defense secretary that president assad is indeed building his own coffin but as the fellow from brookings pointed out, it could be some time yet before the final nail is hammered in. >>shepard: plenty of people available for killing in...